U2, the Irish rock band from Dublin, Ireland 
will come to Asia and Oceania this 2019. 
The band consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar),
the Edge (lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals),
Adam Clayton (bass guitar),
and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion). 
Formed in 1976, 
the band is still very much alive and relevant 
releasing music every now and then 
and of course touring the world. 
Its latest world tour, "The Joshua Tree Tour" 
will come to Asia and Oceania this year. 

Expect to watch them singing their massive hits like: 
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", 
"With or Without You", 
"New Year's Day", 
"Pride (In the Name of Love)", 
"Beautiful Day", 
"Vertigo". 

To watch the band live here in the Philippines 
or anywhere it's performing, 
GET TICKETS HERE.

Madonna's "Madame X" Tour, 
a theater tour,
her first time in decades touring in small venues,
begins in September 17 in New York City 
and ends on March 4, 2020 in Paris.
This is her eleventh concert tour
supporting her fourteenth studio album "Madame X"
released just recently on June 14. 
​
Check out the available dates below. 

​And as usual, 
this tour is highly anticipated 
with sold-out dates in various locations.
Expect intimate shows for this theater tour 
as Madonna will get closer to the audience. 

But before you watch her live starting this September,  
check back this clip from "Rebel Heart" Tour in 2015. 
People talked about this more than the other segments - 
highly controversial as always 
with dancers looking like nuns.

"Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X
(solo or featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) 
spent a total of 17 weeks at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 
and this is a new record! 
Remember "One Sweet Day"
by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men 
 in 1995–96
and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
featuring Justin Bieber in 2017 
both only spent 16 weeks at no. 1. 
Never thought that record could be broken nowadays 
considering the myriad of songs climbing up the charts. 
The song has sold over 3 million copies in the US alone.

"Old Town Road" is from Lil Nas X's debut EP "7". 
Get the album here from Amazon or iTunes.

These are the top selling albums this week 
that you may want to add to your music collection. 
Keep collecting music for your enjoyment 
and don't stick to one genre. 
If possible, 
collect music from different genres
as many as you want 
so that there's music for you
​that will accompany your mood. 
Different mood, different music, different genre.

​ Eurovision Song Contest
is an annual international song competition,
with participants representing primarily European countries, 
each submitting an original song to be performed on live television and radio,
then votes are cast for the other countries' songs to determine the winner. 
Madonna performed "Like A Prayer" and "Future" with Quavo. 
The event took place at Expo Tel Aviv, the city's convention centre 
following Israel's victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. 
​(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest) ​

Madonna has been teasing new music 
since months before 
and finally there's a date for new single. 
The track is called "Medellin" 
and it's featuring Maluma, 
a Colombian singer and songwriter.

Michael Jackson and R. Kelly, two great artists of our time
 are accused of sexual abuse or misconduct involving minors. 
Michael, no longer living,
 allegedly abused Wade Robson and James Safechuck 
in their childhood 
and R. Kelly is accused of having sex with underage girls. 
There are people or groups online 
who are boycotting the 2 singers 
and urging everyone else to drop their music
and un-play them in radio or anywhere else. 
Should you do the same?  

You may hate the both of them, 
you may un-play them everywhere 
and dispose their music altogether in the garbage.
But one thing is certain - both are great artists 
and they make great music respectively. 
Many of their tracks are classic favorites worldwide. 

Their collaboration "You Are Not Alone" 
from Michael's album "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995 
debuted at no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100, 
the first song to achieve such a feat 
earning a Guiness World Record. ​

​R. Kelly is the "King Of R&B" 
and his music is so good that he has millions of fans worldwide 
that's why he sold millions of albums too. 
Ever since the 90's, 
he has been the subject of numerous allegations
of sexual abuse and misconduct by multiple women 
including underage girls 
but denies all those allegations. 
He even allegedly was into child pornography.
The #MuteRKelly hashtag has been going on for few years now 
to keep his music off the airwaves or boycott his music 
and end his music career. 

Even after the documentary "Leaving Neverland", 
I will still forever listen to the music of Michael Jackson. 
I will forever support him no matter what. 
It doesn't matter to me how bad or freaky or weird or eccentric he was, 
he's forever my King Of Pop 
and one of the biggest, if not the biggest, music artists of all time. 
His music lingers on and on and I'll never mute him. 
I don't judge anyone the way man judges 
because I leave it all to God The Almighty. 
The allegations about him are shocking and unforgiving 
now that Wade Robson and James Safechuck 
finally admitted to being sexually abused by him as children. 

Mariah Carey drops music video for "A No No", 
the 2nd single out from her 2018 album "Caution". 
"A No No" is an R&B song
with a blithely dismissive chorus and frisky beat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_No_No). 
She looks definitely hot riding in a train with a lot of dancers, 
wearing a sequin dress with fur coat on top. 
She looks just like decades ago though she's now 48. 
And by the way, 
the track here has an additional whistles from her
and I'm hearing them. 
The entire song is catchy and makes me wanna move to it. 
What do you think? 
And by the way, Mariah is out on tour now 
with her "Caution World Tour" that started February 27, 2019 
and will end on June 13, 2019. 
So if you wanna see her live, 
get tickets here or at TicketNetwork right below.

Want new music but don't wanna spend much? 
There are albums on Amazon that are priced just right 
coz they're just $3.99 for MP3 album. 
Don't just stream music, 
make your own collection of MP3 albums
so you can play over and over again
anytime and anywhere at your convenience. 
And save them on your desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone.

The songs in the 80's and 90's are classic 
and even before those decades, 
the music is still worth listening to. 
We used to have them all in cassette tapes 
with cassette players at home. 
Digital music like MP3's is the norm nowadays 
along with music streaming becoming more popular and practical, 
cassette tapes are not totally forgotten. 

Every year, 
thousands of tracks are released from various artists 
anywhere in the world. 
They can be RnB, HipHop, Alternative, Rock, Jazz, 
Rap, Pop, Gospel and many more. 
We know the kind of music we want to listen to 
and oftentimes, 
the kind of music we want at any given time 
depends on our mood. 

U.S. Pop Group Maroon 5 with frontman Adam Levine 
performed at the Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show 
and sometime on the performance
was joined by rappers Big Boi and Travis Scott. 
It took place on February 3, 2019
​at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia 
as part of Super Bowl LIII. 

James Ingram was an American singer, songwriter,
record producer, and instrumentalist. 
He died on January 29, 2019. 
He is best remembered here in the Philippines 
for the song "Just Once" 
which is very popular and even oversung in videoke or karaoke. 
Definitely one favorite of most Filipinos for all time to come. 

Below is one of our collections from the early 90's 
when cassette tapes were all the rage.